Card holding or display device.



PATBNTBD MAB. 6, 1906.

I. E. WEEL. GARD HOLDING 0R DISPLAY DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAIL?, 1905.

- showing the same mounted in t UNITED 'STATES IRA E. WEEL, OFCLEVELAND, OHIO.

GARD HOLDING OR DISPLAY DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 6, 1906.

Application filed Malll 7, 1905- Selll N0. 248,912.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, IRA E. WEEL, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CardHolding or Display Devices, of which the following is a specification. l

My invention relates to improvements in card holders particularly'adapted for displaying advertising or price cards in stores anddisplay-windows; and my object has been to construct a simple and cheapdevice well calculated to meet the requirements indicated and oneadapted to hold iii adjustable positions cards of various shapes andsizes.

Hitherto frames of fixed dimensions have been used for displayingrectangular advertising or price cards of predetermined sizes ordimensions. With my improved device, however, these cards may be made ininnumerable shapes and sizes and may be displayed adjacent to variousclasses of goods in the store or window, thereby readily lendingthemselves to novel advertising displays.

The features of construction of my improved device will be quite easilyappreciated by making reference to the accompanying drawings,illustrating embodiments of my invention, wherein- Figure 1 is a view inelevation of a telescoping and jointed standard carrying an adjustablecard-holder and constituting one embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is aside view of the upper portion thereof. Fig.

3 is a cross-section on line 3 3 of Fig.v 1. Fig. 4 illustrates amodification of one of the adjustable arms; and Figs. 5, 6, and 7 arefront views of cards of varying sha es and sizes, e card-holder of myinvention.

Throughout each of the several figures similar parts have been indicatedby the same character of reference to avoid any possible confusion.

In Fig. 1 the weighted base I) supports the sectional telescopicstandard s, the same being angularly adjustable by means of a joint jand binding thumb nut t and longitudinally adjustable at the telesco icjoint j. At the upper end of the standard t e card-holder is carried inits display position, being secured-thereto by means of the thumb-nut tand its transverse screw-bolt s. The adjustable arms a of thecard-holding portion are formed of sliding sections a a2, longitudinallyslotted at s, thel former being channeled or slightly upturned at itsedges to receive and support the latter section in alinement. These armsa are angularly adjustable about the flat-headed securing screw-bolt swhen the thumb-nut t is loosened, and said arms likewise may be adjustedas to length within the limits of the central slot. Accordingly it willbe seen that the card-holder may be readily adjusted to fit cards ofvarious shapes. The holder shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is adjusted to receivea square card, and the points of the arms are bent over diagonally toform clips k for receiving this form of card. In the structures shown inFigs. 5, 6, and 7y the points of the arms are bent over at the endsthereof, so that circular or rectangular cards or cards ofirregularly-curved contour, among, others, and of varying sizes may beas readily held for display by the same card-holding device.

In Fig. 4 I have depicted a single arm of such a card-holding device ofmodified type comprising three telescoping or overlying sections, thecentral one, c, of which is channeled to receive two slotted outersections c c2, which are held in place bymeans of flatheaded rivets r r,which secure said sections somewhat tightly together and permit of amuch wider range of adjustment than in the precise form shown in Fig. 1.

The parts of the structure may be coppered, nickel-plated, or ornamentedwith colored enamels to make them more attractive or to conform them todifferent surroundings or classes of goods.

From the foregoing it will be understood that my invention contemplatesa device having various features of adjustment adapting the same to thedisplay of cards or other light articles in stores, show-windows, andthe like.

Having now described and shown in the drawings certain structurescontaining or embodying my improvements, I claim as new, and desire tosecure by these Letters Patent, the following:

1. In a card-display device, the combination with the base portion, ofan adjustable standard carried thereby, a card holder mounted upon thesaid standard, comprising two arms angularly adjustable with respect toeach other and terminating in receivingclips, each arm beinglongitudinally adjustable and conforming to cards of varying shapes andsizes, and meansfor securing said arms in their various ositions ofangular adj ustment, substantial y as set forth.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination With the tWoangularly-disposed card-holding arms, each comprising a channeled andslotted section, and a second slotted section longitudinally adjustabletherein, a securing-bolt, and a mountingstandard and base carrying thesaid cardholder, substantialljT as described.

3. In a device of the class described, a card-holding structure,comprising a plurality of channeled members and their coactin slottedmembers longitudinally adjustab e therein to conform to articles ofvarious shapes and sizes, a carrying-standard and a supporting member orbase therefor, substantially as set forth.

4. In a card-holder or display-rack, the combination with a baseportion, of an' adjustable or telescopic standard thereon, and acard-holding portion or device comprising tWo slotted and channeledmembers and their coacting slotted parts longitudinally adjustabletherein, and a binding screw bolt and nut adapted to secure the arts invarious positions of adjustment, su stantially as set forth.

Signed at Cleveland, this 6th day of March, 1905, in the presence of twosubscribing Wit- IleSSeS.

IRA E. WEEL. Witnesses:

CLARE P. JOHNSON, ALBERT LYNN LAWRENCE.

